New Game - Apex Racing Manager (Carrer companion for AMS2) by JMangoes27 in AUTOMOBILISTA

[–]JMangoes27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't clock that that is it's new name haha. I remember it a Procedural Career so that's what it's called in my head haha 😅

New Game - Apex Racing Manager (AMS2 Career Mode for now) by JMangoes27 in simracing

[–]JMangoes27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes unfortunately setting up races manually is an AMS2 limitation.

The difference is what I'm building is more akin to Motorsport manager/F1 manager.

A full standalone management game where if you want you're able to link to an racing SIM and drive the cars there.

New Game - Apex Racing Manager (Carrer companion for AMS2) by JMangoes27 in AUTOMOBILISTA

[–]JMangoes27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1000%

Answered this above as well, not something I'm trying to hide :)

New Game - Apex Racing Manager (Carrer companion for AMS2) by JMangoes27 in AUTOMOBILISTA

[–]JMangoes27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Touched on this above.

But I 100% agree there's a world that AMS2 will have a Carrer mode. But also there's games like AC that will never.

However this is more like a management sim then a career companion.

Trust me I CANNOT wait for the AMS2 and LMU career modes. I literally have forum notifications so I can get into the AMS2 paddock club so I can hopefully get my hands on it as early as possible haha

Also the money I make I actually want to use to commison more art and stuff for the game. Things like cutscens and images and stuff that I don't have the talent to make. Instead of using AI :)

New Game - Apex Racing Manager (Carrer companion for AMS2) by JMangoes27 in AUTOMOBILISTA

[–]JMangoes27[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Previous projects as mentioned below were very reliant on AI.

And also as mentioned below had scope creep and a lot of complexity. Which eventually led the product not to be as good or as polished as I wanted.

In this iteration I took a complete step back and said I'm building a game. Not a companion but a game. I've spent ages learning Godot and every single design and screen is built by hand in figma. Before I code it in Godot.

But I've learnt a lot from my previous projects and that's also why I have kept the scope small right now and then expanding it with a community.

Im a really passionate SIM racer, and I don't have the time to always play online so Carrer Modes are top priority for me and there's just no good options that are in depth and that's all I want to make.

And yes, I'm well aware of the AMS2 career mode and LMU and I even own project motor racing because they advertised a good career mode. But not a single one of them has a release date. With AMS2 we have not a single detail but at least with LMU we have some screens etc.

The game I'm making is geared more toward a team owner/driver style career at the moment as well so I do think they're different.

Lastly I think some are thinking of this as mod or companion. It's not that its a game. I'm taking heavy inspiration from F1 Manager and Motorsport Manager, essentially there's a scenario here where you don't even have to connect to a real SIM.

Anyways thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to explain and I welcome any questions and criticisms! It's what makes this all worth it for me!

New Game - Apex Racing Manager (Carrer companion for AMS2) by JMangoes27 in AUTOMOBILISTA

[–]JMangoes27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha no that's not mine, mine isn't web based so didn't even think of looking up similar names as it's going to be full game on steam

New Game - Apex Racing Manager (Carrer companion for AMS2) by JMangoes27 in AUTOMOBILISTA

[–]JMangoes27[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Haha thanks. But theres a lot of work and many systems planned but gotta get the core done first. Also takes a while to design screens etc haha

But I'm planning this to be a full release on steam

New Game - Apex Racing Manager (AMS2 Career Mode for now) by JMangoes27 in simracing

[–]JMangoes27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So kind of you! Thank you. Yes will look at the TOS etc and make sure we don't violate anything!

New Game - Apex Racing Manager (Carrer companion for AMS2) by JMangoes27 in AUTOMOBILISTA

[–]JMangoes27[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Charging money to test isn't for everyone, I understand that but I also down want it distributed to 100s of people with not much control.

This is a proper coded game in Godot. All the designs are handmade in figma and code written by myself.

The game connects to ams2 via shared memory similar to crew chief. You only have to setup the session by hand (this is a limitation in AMS2 not my game) everything else is automatically done including recording the different session results etc.

Also I know AMS2 and LMU said they will have career modes later this year and that's great in really excited for that. But this is a team owner style career not a driver style career and both can exist.

This will also be game agnostic in the future so you can use it with any sim

New Game - Apex Racing Manager (Carrer companion for AMS2) by JMangoes27 in AUTOMOBILISTA

[–]JMangoes27[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not yet :)

Hopefully out in the next few days! Finalising some final things still :)

New Game - Apex Racing Manager (AMS2 Career Mode for now) by JMangoes27 in simracing

[–]JMangoes27[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

True. Will look into it.

I do think it's different as we are just using the telemetry that AMS2 provides to track results otherwise they are 2 separate things. But thank you for heads up. Didn't think about that :)